Prentice hall regents

2. TIC TAC TOE
Materials:
Board, Worksheet 53 (optional)
Dynamic:
Teams
Time:
10 minutes
Procedure:
1.
Draw a tic tac toe grid on the board with the first word of the
phrasal verbs written in. Divide the class into two groups.
2.
A student from Team X comes to the board and writes in the
corresponding particle for the verb he/she selects. If correct, he/she
draws his/her mark in the square (an X). (You may choose to
accept only combinations you have studied in class or that are
listed in the students’ books, or you may decide to accept any
correct combination. Whichever you decide to accept, make your
decision clear to the students before playing the game.)
3.
A student from Team O then comes to the board and does the
same. If an answer is incorrect, the student cannot draw his/her
mark and erases the answer. The next player on the other team
may choose that same square or another square.
1  call back
2  give back 3  stop
    sleeping
4  stop a
    machine/
    light
5  get
    through
    with
6  return
7  invent
8  return
    a call
9  start a
    machine/
    light
10  throw
      out
11  make up 12  shut off
13  be
      careful
14  put off
15  discard
16  wake up 17  postpone 18  turn on
19  watch
      out for
20  finish
1
2
3
4    up
5
6  around
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19  fool
20  call
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4.
The first team with three marks in a row wins.
NOTE:
You will probably want to explain game strategy such as
blocking, but often the student’s choice is based on which verb
he/she knows.
5.
As a follow-up, divide the class into groups of three and use the
worksheet. One student is X, one is O, and the other is in charge
and can have his/her book open to the verb page to judge whether
an answer is correct. After the first game, the students should
rotate roles so that the judge is now one of the players. Continue
until all students have had a chance to be the judge. As you will
see, some of the verbs on the handout take several different
prepositions. As long as the students make an acceptable phrasal
verb, the answer is correct.
NOTE:
The items on the worksheet come from the list in
Fundamentals of English Grammar
. If this worksheet is not
appropriate to your class, modify it.
Variation:
On the grid on the board (or on a modified worksheet), fill in the
squares with both parts of phrasal verbs. When a student selects a
certain square, he/she must use the phrasal verb in a complete
sentence which demonstrates understanding of the meaning. If the
sentence is correct, the student puts his/her team’s mark in that
square.